Bees, Hives, Swarms, and Everything under the Sun

I LOVE Eugene, Oregon

Long Live the Bees! My daughter sent me this photo as seen on one of her walks in the “Friendly Street” neighborhood. When I visited Eugene, I made an effort to find out the story of the sign.The kids who live here attend the school where Jen Hornaday has donated a bee hive as a school project. In learning about bees, the kids have found out about their importance in nature, importance to our food supply, and how important it is to grow gardens in a poison-free environment.Hence the sign.

Friendly Street, Eugene, Oregon.

In walking through the Friendly Street neighborhood, I noticed quite a few gardens in front yards.

This is Scott’s garden. I was particularly impressed by his ambitious poles for pole beans. I wonder how he will pick the beans at the top.

Scott pointed out another of his creations entitled “Coyote eating garden gnome,” sculpted during a wild creative evening of gin.

The blue flowers are Black Cumin. Black Cumin seeds are some of the most revered medicinal seeds in history. Photo Credit to Crow Feather Farm, Eugene, OR.

I wanted to ask the owner about the solar panels array, but I was taken by all the flowers and time was short. Photo credit to Crow Feather Farm, Eugene, OR.

What a wonderful place! Nobody seems to think about planting box hedges trimmed into straight rows or having topiary – shaped trees – great. Gardens for living in and enjoying. I never knew all that about Nigella. I have lots of Nigella in the garden because it self-seeds and I love it. I even like the dried seed heads in the garden but this year I’ll be collecting them to see what they taste like. Amelia

Eugene is one of my all time favorite cities. Coming from Seattle, I was delighted by the more laid back atmosphere and the abundance of gardens. Seattle tries to be a green city, but they have a lot of work to do and could learn a few things from Eugene!

After having my daughter in Spain for two years, then California for two years, I’m delighted she chose such a forward thinking city in which to live. Of course the fact that she gave us a granddaughter makes it even nicer. 🙂

I’m rather fond of the place myself, which is why I finally made the move down from Seattle. You can get those no spray/bee signs at Eugene Backyard Farmer- an excellent business I love to patronize.https://www.facebook.com/EugeneBackyardFarmer

Yes, Eugene has great ‘garden growing weather,” plus people seem to be very friendly especially when talking about their gardens. You’d like the summer heat too. High 90’s in the day, low 60’s at night. 😀